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Naam Shabana (2017)

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Original title
नाम शबाना
Directed by
Shivam Nair
Genre
action thriller
Country
India
Runtime
2h 27m
Rated
15
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 61 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A woman is recruited into a covert intelligence agency and trained as a field operative. She goes on a mission to track down a dangerous criminal.

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What happens

Naam Shabana (transl. The name is Shabana) is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Shivam Nair, written and produced by Neeraj Pandey. It is the second instalment of Baby franchise and a spin-off of the 2015 film Baby, it stars Taapsee Pannu reprising her role as Shabana Khan from the original alongside Manoj Bajpayee and Prithviraj Sukumaran with an ensemble supporting cast. Akshay Kumar, Madhurima Tuli, Elli Avram, Anupam Kher, Danny Denzongpa, Murali Sharma, Taher Shabbir and Shibani Dandekar in special appearances. The film was dubbed into Telugu and Tamil languages and released on 31 March 2017. The Tamil title was Naanthan Shabana whereas the Telugu title was Nene Shabana. The film was banned in Pakistan a day after its release. The film received mixed reviews, but was a commercial success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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